Field behaviors

In addition to controlling field formatting, you can also control field…behavior. We are going to take a look at controlling field behavior by opening…up our exercise file Lucky_You_09_01, move into the Adventure Detail layout and…now switch into Layout mode.…What we will notice by right- clicking or hitting Format Field/Control or…right-click Field/Control, we will see one of the option is Behavior. There is…a field behavior for whatever the field name was and it allows us many…different options on how we can control how this field behaves.…

The first of which is, if we go back into Browse mode, just to show it in a…sort of real world example, here we have the ID of the field and we don't…necessarily want anybody to be able to go in and change this value, but we do…want them to be able to search on the value.…In past versions, we could just not allow access to this field but then you…wouldn't have access in Find mode either. Well to solve that issue, if we toggle…by going Ctrl+L or Apple+L into Layout mode and select Behavior, now I can say…

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7/10/2007

FileMaker Pro 9 represents a significant upgrade over previous versions, with many new and enhanced features. These include support for external SQL (ODBC) data sources with supplemental fields, an enhanced Web Viewer, toolbar improvements, multiple script editing windows, and new calculation functions. In FileMaker Pro 9 Essential Training, instructor Cris Ippolite covers each of FileMaker 9's features in detail. He demonstrates how to build a database from scratch for a thorough understanding of FileMaker from start to finish. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.